August 23, 2013 Friday .
Research Fact :
Emerging from a Bad Mood into a Good Mood Can Make You More Creative.
Experiment :
People ( subjects ) initially were plunged into bad moods by being asked to write about distressing experiences.
Same peoople, later were put into good moods by being asked to write about joyful events. Such people were subsequently better at imagining creative ideas for improving university teaching, than people who had been in positive moods all along.
Underlying reason ?
An episode of negative mood can lay the foundation for high creativity at a later point in time, the authors say.
SOURCE: A Dynamic Perspective on Affect and Creativity
Research Courtesy : A team led by Ronald Bledow of Ghent University in Belgium.
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